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RETRACTION: A Meta‐Analysis Examining the Impact of Open Surgical Therapy versus Minimally Invasive Surgery on Wound Infection in Females With Cervical Cancer

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This retracted paper originally claimed to compare surgical methods for cervical cancer but was found to have used a flawed peer review and copied content from other studies.
Contribution
The paper was retracted due to a compromised peer review and significant textual overlap with other articles.
Findings
The article was accepted based on a compromised peer review process.
Textual overlap was found in the methods section with other published articles.
The authors did not respond to the retraction notice.
Abstract
RETRACTION: YunZ. , LiX. , ZhuD. , LiL. , and JiangS. , “A Meta‐Analysis Examining the Impact of Open Surgical Therapy versus Minimally Invasive Surgery on Wound Infection in Females With Cervical Cancer,” International Wound Journal 21, no. 4 (2024): e14535, 10.1111/iwj.14535.38169097 PMC10961045 The above article, published online on 02 January 2024, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd. Following an investigation by the publisher, all parties have concluded that this article was accepted solely on the basis of a compromised peer review process. In addition, the investigation found significant textual overlap in the methods sections between this article and other articles by different authors (Mao et al. 2023…
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TopicsReconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques · Wound Healing and Treatments · Surgical site infection prevention
RETRACTION: Z. Yun , X. Li , D. Zhu , L. Li , and S. Jiang , “A Meta‐Analysis Examining the Impact of Open Surgical Therapy versus Minimally Invasive Surgery on Wound Infection in Females With Cervical Cancer,” International Wound Journal 21, no. 4 (2024): e14535, 10.1111/iwj.14535.38169097 PMC10961045
The above article, published online on 02 January 2024, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd. Following an investigation by the publisher, all parties have concluded that this article was accepted solely on the basis of a compromised peer review process. In addition, the investigation found significant textual overlap in the methods sections between this article and other articles by different authors (Mao et al. 2023 [https://doi.org/10.1111/iwj.14203]; Wang et al. 2023 [https://doi.org/10.1111/iwj.14229]; and Zhang et al. 2023 [https://doi.org/10.1111/iwj.14179]). The editors have therefore decided to retract the article. The authors did not respond to our notice regarding the retraction.
